How it works
Commercial lease pressure-tests before you commit.
YieldLens UK helps early-stage tenants pressure-test whether a commercial site can carry the rent, opening costs, and downside trading assumptions before spending serious time or money on a lease.
YieldLens UK provides indicative decision-support only. It is not a valuation, financial advice, mortgage advice, legal advice, tax advice, or a substitute for professional due diligence.
In one line
It turns lease assumptions into a structured early warning view.
The point is not to promise certainty. The point is to make the rent, trading, opening cash, and lease questions easy to review before you commit.
Who it is for
Built for people comparing commercial sites before signing.
YieldLens UK is aimed at early-stage commercial tenants who need a quick, structured pressure-test before committing to a lease.
The problem it solves
Headline rent is only one part of the risk.
A site can look affordable until you add staffing, fit-out, deposit, legal fees, opening stock, starting cash, weaker trading, and the lease clauses that change the real cost base.
The free commercial check
A quick pressure-test before you spend serious time on a site.
The free check is the first screen. It turns your inputs into a score, a verdict, and the key lease metrics you need to judge whether the site deserves more attention.
Inputs
Outputs
The £49 file
The paid Standard commercial viability file is the next step after a saved check.
It expands the free result into the report structure users can review, print, save, and use as a due diligence prompt before committing.
How the file is built
Generated from the assumptions entered into the commercial check.
The file uses standard arithmetic on rent, expected revenue, known costs, upfront cash items, and downside trading assumptions. It does not use live market data, inspect the property, verify lease documents, or validate the user’s figures.
What it does not do
The limits are deliberate.
Why it is still useful
It helps users challenge the assumptions before committing.
YieldLens UK is useful when you need to know whether a lease looks too heavy before the due diligence work gets expensive.
Example walkthrough
A redacted cafe example shows the shape of the file.
The sample uses fictional and redacted inputs so the structure can be seen without exposing a real tenant or property.
Sample case
Business type: Cafe
Address: Redacted high street site
Postcode: NW6 sample
Annual rent: £60,000
Expected customers/day: 80
Average spend: £12
Monthly revenue: £24,960
Rent burden: 20%
Break-even: about 45 customers/day
Upfront cash needed: £81,000
Starting cash: £90,000
Opening buffer: £9,000
The site may work month to month, but the rent burden is high and the opening buffer is thin. The file would push the user to renegotiate rent, verify footfall, confirm fit-out costs, and check lease risk clauses before committing.
Trust and privacy
The public sample is fictional. Paid files are access-protected.
Pressure-test a lease before you commit.